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From 20th Century Fox comes this new selection of character posters for Matthew Vaughn’s ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service,’ which will arrive in cinemas on February 13th, 2015. In ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service,’ which is based on the comicbook created by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons, Colin Firth plays a James Bond-like superspy who works for MI6 and takes his slacker nephew under his wing. He mentors his nephew Gary (Taron Egerton) in tradecraft in the hopes that Gary can change and become an MI6 agent. The likes of Michael Caine, Sophie Cookson, Sofia Boutella, Mark Strong and Samuel L. Jackson also star.

Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick Ass, X-Men First Class), Kingsman: The Secret Service tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency’s ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

Always one to keep people up to date with his latest projects, Vin Diesel has posted on his hugely popular Facebook account (87+ million likes) this new image from ‘The Last Witch Hunter.’ Directed by Breck Eisner (The Crazies), Vin Diesel is joined by Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, Julie Engelbrecht, Olafur Darri Olafsson and Michael Caine in the supernatural action flick. ‘The Last Witch Hunter’ sees an immortal witch hunter (Diesel) partnering with his natural enemy, a female witch (Leslie), to stop the covens of NYC from unleashing a plague on humanity. The film opens on October 23th, 2015.

With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history: traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars. Directed by Christopher Nolan and opening on November 7th, ‘Interstellar’ stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy, David Gyasi, Casey Affleck, Wes Bentley, Bill Irwin, Topher Grace, David Oyewelo, Matt Damon, Ellen Burstyn, John Lithgow, and Michael Caine.

What really stood out for you working with Christopher Nolan on ‘Interstellar’ – this sort of very personal, yet spectacular story that has so many of its facets touch on universal themes, from the love of family to the thrill of exploration to what it means to be human…?

Matthew McConaughey: What is amazing to me is that while the excitement of the story lies in its scope – the thrill of adventure and discovery of the unknown – one of my favorite things about Christophe Nolan is the heartbeat of humanity he gives to his films. No one handles the sheer mass and scale of a world like he does because it always comes off as something personal and intimate. There’s no one else out there who does things the way Chris does. He has an original take on everything and works by his instincts completely. I also believe that he’s constantly letting his reach exceed his grasp. And when you see this film, you’ll know it’s true because I think it’s by far the most ambitious film that he has ever directed.

With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history: traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars. Directed by Christopher Nolan and opening on November 7th, ‘Interstellar’ stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy, David Gyasi, Casey Affleck, Wes Bentley, Bill Irwin, Topher Grace, David Oyewelo, Matt Damon, Ellen Burstyn, John Lithgow, and Michael Caine.

For me, while ‘Interstellar’ is a spectacular adventure about a journey into the universe, at its heart it’s an emotional story of a father and his children. It speaks to the love that exists in families, the notions of duty and sacrifice, and our profound connections to other human beings. Was that sort of focus on the human stakes – in even the most heroic endeavors – one of the things that appealed to you about this film?

Anne Hathaway: Oh yeah, for sure – that’s exactly what I loved about it. From the beginning of time, the reach to expand our world or move our civilization forward has always involved great sacrifice by a handful of individuals, who put the greater good over any risk to themselves. This film really celebrates those who are brave enough to do that. And Christopher Nolan saying that he’s doing a project, that was first of all the thing that appealed to me about it (laughs). Then reading the script I thought, “This is something I’m interested in.” Then getting deeper and deeper into the story there was so many elements I loved: the family drama, my character, the themes, the cast, the idea of love transcending time, being able to shoot in places like Iceland… everything about it was enticing (laughs).

With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertake the most important mission in human history: traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars. Among the travelers is a widowed engineer (McConaughey) who has to decide to leave behind his two children to join the voyage.